He argues that he could have been granted early parole for the purposes of deportation to the United States and as such could not have known in 1988 that Canada would see fit to detain him for the full 10 years of his sentence.
Se podría haber concedido al autor la libertad condicional para expulsarlo a los Estados Unidos, de modo que no podía saber, en 1988, que el Canadá decidiría mantenerlo encarcelado durante los diez años de su condena.